Answer:
or 
Step-by-step explanation:
The complete exercise is: "A chicken salad recipe calls for
pound of chicken per serving . How many pounds of chicken are needed to make
serving".
You can convert the Mixed number to a Decimal number. Divide the numerator 1 by the denominator 2 and then add the quotient to the Whole number. Then, you get:

Now divide the numerator 1 by the denominator 8 to write the fraction to a Decimal number. Then:
Let be "x" the amount of pounds are needed to make
serving.
Then, you can set up the following proportion:

Solving for "x", you get:

or 
<span>-6x-3y=18
Substitute 0 for y
-6x-3(0)=18
Multply -3 by 0
-6x=18
Divide both sides by -6 so that the only thing on the left side is the variable x.
Final Answer: x= -3</span>
Lines m and n are parallel.
Lines k and l are parallel.
Hope this helps :)